1941-07-24
Birth
Barbara Love
Barbara Love, rocker was born
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1944-07-24
Birth
Barbara Thompson
Barbara Thompson, jazz musician/composer/bandleader was born
1937-07-24
Birth
Barry Lloyd Vercoe
Barry Lloyd Vercoe, composer was born
1916-07-24
Birth
Bob Eberly
Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band) was born
1885-07-24
Birth
Desider Antalffy-Zsiross
Desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer was born
1880-07-24
Birth
Ernest Bloch
Ernest Bloch, Geneva Switzerland, composer (MacBeth) was born
1990-07-24
Birth
Evan James Springsteen
Evan James Springsteen, Los Angeles California, rocker Bruce Springsteen's son was born
1818-07-24
Birth
Felix Godefroid
Felix Godefroid, composer was born
1924-07-24
Birth
Glenn Loren Glasow
Glenn Loren Glasow, composer was born
1902-07-24
Birth
Hans Chemin-Petit
Hans Chemin-Petit, composer was born
1942-07-24
Birth
Heinz Burt
Heinz Burt, Hargin Germany, rock bassist (Tornados) was born
1907-07-24
Birth
Hugh Charles
Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario was born
1967-07-24
Birth
Jasper Teule
Jasper Teule, Dutch rock singer/bassist (Pilgrims-Once to Everything) was born
1969-07-24
Birth
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez, Bronx New York, actress and pop singer (Selena) was born
1944-07-24
Birth
Jim Armstrong
Jim Armstrong, rock guitarist (Them) was born
1934-07-24
Birth
Jimmy Holiday
Jimmy Holiday, US singer (How Can I Forget) was born
1832-07-24
Birth
Johann Christoph Lauterbach
Johann Christoph Lauterbach, violinist was born
1984-07-24
Birth
John Dhani Lennevald
John Dhani Lennevald, Swedish singer (A-Teens) was born
1725-07-24
Birth
John Newton
John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807) was born
1971-07-24
Birth
John Partridge
John Partridge, English singer was born
1913-07-24
Birth
Johnny McAfee
Johnny McAfee, Dallas Tx, singer (Sammy Kaye Show) was born
1953-07-24
Birth
Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis, jazz trumpeter was born
1968-07-24
Birth
Kristin Chenoweth
Kristin Chenoweth, American singer and actress was born
1904-07-24
Birth
Leo Arnaud
Leo Arnaud, French-American composer (d. 1991) was born
1922-07-24
Birth
Leo Kraft
Leo Kraft, composer was born
1935-07-24
Birth
Les Reed
Les Reed, songwriter (Heroin) was born
1864-07-24
Birth
Michel Gaston Carraud
Michel Gaston Carraud, composer was born
1958-07-24
Birth
Mick Karn
Mick Karn, rocker was born
1938-07-24
Birth
Mike Mainieri
Mike Mainieri, rocker was born
1957-07-24
Birth
Pam Tillis
Pam Tillis, Plant City Fla, country singer (Melancholy Child) was born
1958-07-24
Birth
Pam Tills
Pam Tills, Country music artist was born
1963-07-24
Birth
Paul Geary
Paul Geary, Boston Mass, heavy metal drummer (Extreme-More Than Words) was born
1947-07-24
Birth
Peter Serkin
Peter Serkin, NYC, pianist (Tashi) was born
1914-07-24
Birth
Riccardo Malipiero
Riccardo Malipiero, composer was born
1957-07-24
Birth
Robbie Grey
Robbie Grey, rocker was born
1917-07-24
Birth
Robert Farnon
Robert Farnon, composer/conductor/arranger was born
1903-07-24
Birth
Robert Mills Delaney
Robert Mills Delaney, composer was born
1918-07-24
Birth
Ruggiero Ricci
Ruggiero Ricci, SF California, composer/violinist (Paganini), (d. 2012) was born
1979-07-24
Birth
Stat Quo
Stat Quo, American rapper was born
1894-07-24
Birth
Walter Schulthess
Walter Schulthess, composer was born
1927-07-24
Birth
Wilfred Josephs
Wilfred Josephs, composer was born
1946-07-24
Birth
William "Junior" Campbell
William "Junior" Campbell, singer/guitarist (Marmalade) was born
1971-07-24
Death
Alan Rawsthorne
Alan Rawsthorne, composer, dies at 66
1739-07-24
Death
Benedetto Marcello
Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday
1972-07-24
Death
Bobby Ramirez
Bobby Ramirez, drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl
1960-07-24
Death
Carl Deis
Carl Deis, composer, dies at 77
1947-07-24
Death
Ernest Austin
Ernest Austin, composer, dies at 72
2001-07-24
Death
Georges Dor
Georges Dor, Canadian author, composer, singer and playwright (b. 1931)
1991-07-24
Death
Isaac B Singer
Isaac B Singer, Polish/US writer (Yentl, Nobel 1978), dies at 87
1826-07-24
Death
Jacob Kimball
Jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65
1936-07-24
Death
James Philip Dunn
James Philip Dunn, composer, dies at 52
1995-07-24
Death
Jeremiah Jerry Patrick Lordam
Jeremiah Jerry Patrick Lordam, songwriter/compser, dies at 61
1865-07-24
Death
Johan Filip von Schantz
Johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30
1809-07-24
Death
Johann Gottfried Eckard
Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74
1652-07-24
Death
Johann Weichmann
Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32
1846-07-24
Death
Joseph Leopold Eybler
Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81
1812-07-24
Death
Joseph Schuster
Joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63
1831-07-24
Death
Maria Agata Szymanowska
Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41
1973-07-24
Death
Mary Frasca
Mary Frasca, singer/actress, dies in NYC
1933-07-24
Death
Max Von Schillings
Max von Schillings, composer, dies at 65
2008-07-24
Death
Norman Dello Joio
Norman Dello Joio, American composer (b. 1913)
1819-07-24
Death
Sophie Gail
Sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43
1876-07-24
Death
Thomas Molleson Mudie
Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66
1965-07-24
Event
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan release "Like a Rolling Stone"
1942-07-24
Event
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin's musical "This is the Army," premieres in NYC
1967-07-24
Event
The Beatles
Beatles sign a petition in Times to legalize marijuana
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